Roswell's Aftermath: Debris, Project Mogul, and the Rise of Modern UFO Conspiracy Culture
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Roswell sparked a modern UFO culture by turning a debris find into headlines and creating a feedback loop between pop culture and secrecy that still shapes how we think about alien life, with Garrett Graff and Avi Loeb arguing that any discovery would be more likely mundane signals or space debris than a dramatic first contact.
